I am a rookie, live in Columbus Ohio and I'm planning to start with a short term rental in Tennessee, vacation areas. I'm looking at properties now, I need some ideas on how to get started with it. Please advice.Also ...

Hi! New member here. My wife and I are ready to go see the world a bit and I have pondered this strategy. Would love some feedback. What I was thinking we might do is choose an area of the country we want to spen...

I’m currently in the Baltimore market and looking for some of the benefits to buying in the hood. There’s a large inventory of properties and higher cap rates plus we’ve seen what happened in philly and I definitely d...

I am looking to start a vacation rental business and would like a few suggestions of growing markets ( Preferable beachfront) that have a growing job and employment market to help with appreciation on my assets . Coul...

I'm an investor in California and have bought in Stockton and Elk Grove.  I read the deals in other parts of America and we don't get anywhere near the ROI as other parts of the country.  I typically get a cap rate of...

Hello BP, thought I'd finally start a diary on my project. To make a very long story short, we have finally broken ground on our 10 acres of land in Acton, CA which lays in the northern part of Los Angeles county, jus...

Hi, Recently I bought a new home, but have difficulty to sell the existing single family home  - three months on the market without a single showing. What I did so far:-  Priced at 700k+ level, but reasonably with sim...

Hi-- I've been using AirDNA to analyze a potential market for STR's and very much like the product. Can anyone attest to the accuracy of the "Rentalizer" tool?
Overall it seems like a great tool to get a picture of a...

I have a friend who was a successful landlord for many years. When I mentioned Section 8 to him he advised me never to get involved with it, that it was only for experts who know how to handle it. He said the Section ...

I will be closing on my first rental property in a couple weeks.  It is a single family home.  About half of the house has carpet, in the living room, hallways and bedrooms, which is trashed and needs to be replaced. ...